NHL Plays Of The Week: Merzlikins Goes Up How High?! | Steve's Hat-Picks

[@AP-zw6ql]

So we are going to talk about Elvis ability to fly, but not even mention his awesome landing? The man not only stayed on his feet, he practically pulled off the "super hero" landing move.

[@nicolenbbw7947]

I said that aloud just now

[@calyth6615]

Super hero landing. Not great for the knees.

[@ryancuttler2129]

Not only did he land, he was ready to make a save as if the net was still there!

[@123JWJWJW]

Yes! that's exactly what I was thinking. Superhero landing.

[@TheGibzar]

Robertson's hat trick goal in the OT is hilarious, guy gave 110% of his energy getting that last goal, dude shut down to recover for a few seconds.

[@flashbang217]

he was out there for 1:34 on 3 on 3 when he scored. Even I got exhausted watching that shift. Funny thing is Wheeler still couldn't catch him and he was just off the bench.

[@Dysfunxinal]

@@flashbang217 Wheelers face said it all.

[@hcdhcdhcd41]

@@flashbang217 Wheeler's has many thing, but funnily enough, wheels are not one of them.

[@NIGHTBREED3R]

Ya...everybody who has ever played at a high level of hockey knows just how Robertson felt after his OT goal. 60 min bag skate legs..😂😂👍🏻👍🏻

[@ellaenman4049]

My first NHL game was Saturday and I saw Elvis jump. It was crazy.

[@MrLT3685]

Thats awesome! I hope you had a blast & you get to go to many more.

[@ellaenman4049]

@@MrLT3685 aw thank you. I had a lot of fun.

[@kylecookson9368]

My 1st thought was Deadpool 🤣 16:36 Oooohoho, He's going to do a Superhero Landing! Wait for it!! *BOOM!* WHOOOA!👏👏 SUPERHERO LANDING!!!😆

[@cameronfarrugia413]

yoooo same

[@PierLuc111]

Merzlikins even landed the superhero way :D

[@morgansullivan8671]

Give Elvis his own trophy rn man jumped AND landed like a super hero 😂

[@sirdragon9256]

Hard on the knees

[@xNanoSwinex]

He stuck the spider man landing 😂

[@spartannige3296]

@@sirdragon9256 I understood that reference.

[@XTREMEPACKAGE]

​@SpartanNige 329 and I understood that reference.

[@juicypierogi4919]

9:00 yes, because the goalie doesn't know exactly if the pucks gonna be in, or not in the net before the horn goes. (am I a little biased towards the canadiens, maybe but who cares)

[@TheHat--Man]

Montembeault has pat roy level potential IF the Canadiens manage to bring him there

[@gabrieljohansson9523]

2 CBJ clips in one video, rare sight. Gotta love it!

[@Zihark8]

As I'm watching this, I had to ask myself who Nick Schmaltz was...only to find out that Arizona are currently up 6-1 over Detroit and Nick already has 3 points in the game so far. He's got 10 points in less than two games, which represents almost a third of the points he's got all season, and the night is still young!! Mind blowing!!!

[@poutinelizard]

And then they won 9-2 somehow, progress for them with back to back high scoring games

[@Excel_Breaker]

He got a 4th point. The totals are now 11P in Last 2GP, 18P in Last 7GP, and 30P in Last 20GP. 37P in 37GP total

[@DavePainkiller]

Almost expected the Bolts 3 goals in 32 seconds to be here, maybe a Hawks Dang-It? But man oh man, Elvis landing that jump and being ready to defend the net was incredible.

[@5PctJuice]

Yeah, that kind of thing usually feels more like a dang-it type thing for me.

[@teouppman461]

that Vasilevskiy save is OMG I don't have words for it just WOW

[@daveglatz9457]

Elvis with the super hero landing. Lmao

[@dustinarnold4341]

I'm hoping to see Carter Hart on here next week. 47 saves against Vegas, gets the win, and he had about 3 spectacular saves to keep the Flyers in the game and get the win.

[@ly257]

What he said!

[@adamstrobel5417]

Not to mention killing a penalty with no twig! Carter for the hat pick!

[@anotherwaterboy560]

He was such a stud in that game, good to see some bright spot in Philly

[@thatsagoalie]

this!!!

[@steveh9079]

yo! piglet!

[@SunnyNight]

A young kid like Robertson being in the records for back-to-back hatties with veterans is just amazing! I really wish at least one of them could’ve been in their home rink, imagine the crowd!!

[@hunterhicks6726]

I got to see Elvis’s jump live. I’ve never been so scared about potential injury yet so excited by what I’d just seen. Elvis is something else.

[@joshuakirk1555]

Was there too, the crowd reaction is crazy. Cheers for the jump, gasps for Z, boos for Marchand all simultaneously. Insane

[@hunterhicks6726]

@@joshuakirk1555 definitely one of the cooler moments that I’ve seen in person.

[@nolankeilty3732]

@@joshuakirk1555 I'm surprised there was no penalty on Marchand, that was a very smooth trip he pulled off there

[@pierreoconnor5635]

Finally some love for the Yotes. Being a fan of them is hard! 😅

[@bex843]

Wait they have fans?

[@juicypierogi4919]

@@bex843 lol

[@ruler1422]

@@bex843 ye were just quiet cuz we always stink

[@pierreoconnor5635]

@@bex843 we.... don't really brag about it! 😂

[@sarahwolfe1154]

They're kicking ass again tonight.

[@liminal79]

Mug idea... color change. Cold mug: Dang it! No coffee! Hot mug: This coffee is a Hat pick

[@dankauffman3456]

I watched the Vasilevskiy glove save 10 times and still don't believe it ... and Varlamov's paddle save emporium stop may have been better. Good grief. Oh, and we're going to see that one "hat pick" highlight repurposed in two days. A hint as to how it will be introduced: "IF YOU'RE A GOALTENDER ..."

[@paulkornbluh6303]

...TEND THE GOAL!!!

[@GreekMorpheous]

and that game... yeah the coyotes won but they blew a 4 goal lead and ended up trailing for a bit. Even if you bounce back, thats a problem.

[@ILoveMisty1985]

I normally look forward to dang-its more than hat picks, but as a Stars fan I was looking forward to this one because I knew Jason Robertson would be on there.

[@ThoughtSpinnr]

3:41 I love that little tug on the jersey like "hey come on get up man we won the game"

[@willmccormick9520]

Robo is the most underrated player in the league, gave it every single thing he had in that ot goal

[@elpetay]

Saddened by the lack of "Steve's Paddle Save Emporium"!!!

[@cerbeusgaming]

9:30 Montembault did not simply just make the save on Draisitl, he saved us all by not making the refs sit there for 80 minutes reviewing if the puck went in before the buzzer.

[@seventhfacade2635]

Exactly why it was THE save of the year!

[@krystofhavir7593]

Cale Makar's skating is insane, I have never seem someone skating like this. He is currently the best skater in NHL

[@duhbullb]

Got to see Swayman when he was at UMAINE and I was an Alum at UNH, absolute monster in the net. Knew he had a very bright future

[@newquinn22]

Elvis must be an IPA with hops like that!

[@hockeylvr42]

There’s an additional layer to this joke that makes it even better. Brewdog, an English brewing company, opened up their first US brewery in Columbus, Ohio. They sell a beer called “Elvis juice”. It’s absolutely an IPA, and yes they do sell it down at the arena. So not only is your joke funny, but it’s also surprisingly accurate

[@newquinn22]

@@hockeylvr42 ha! Amazing

[@nolankeilty3732]

That is spectacular, what an awesome coincidence😂

[@HT-jj5sx]

Missed the Quick one this week man, no excuses!

[@Quanze]

I know there's often debate between a play being a Hat Pick for one team or a Dang It for the other, but I feel this has to be the first time a double dip would be justified for 15:04. IF YOU'RE A GOALTENDER.....

[@trailbreaker8802]

Is it me or did Elvis do the "Superhero" landing?!

[@StarkRaven59]

The judges are going to take points off for putting his hand down on the landing...

[@ricky_peck_9438]

I was getting ready to make a theory saying Elvis Merslikins is Spider-man

[@kylecookson9368]

16:36 Oooohoho, He's going to do a Superhero Landing! Wait for it!! *BOOM!* WHOOOA!👏👏 SUPERHERO LANDING!!!😆

[@aaronmorris1513]

Wow a Tom Wilson clip that doesn’t involve penalty time…

[@spartannige3296]

@@pale_saint Can’t tell if that’s a pun.

[@D0m0309]

Varlamov's save on Makar prevented makar from getting his first ever hat trick. He had 2 goals that game. Also he just broke Sakic's record (12) for most assists in consecutive games. He is up to 13.

[@19kharris]

That is not how time works lol. If he scores that goal, every single play after doesnt happen. it is a completely different game lol.

[@KyleDYanak]

Yes, penultimate is next to last. Precedes the ultimate. So bonus, correct usage! And I was present for the Elvis superhero leap- only way to make it better was if he came down on one knee to make it a superhero landing. But I could be wrong. Sticking the landing on both knife shoes…

[@NIGHTBREED3R]

Sweet Jesus...I knew Vasily we be good..but wow. I look at his saves and reminds me of vintage Carey Price all the time. Montys save was just awesome as well. 👍🏻👍🏻

[@JohnRodriguesPhotographer]

Thanks for showing Vasi at his best! Watching him in that I've woken up in the morning with a pulled groin! I don't think I could move that limberly when I was five. It blows my mind the way he can move his body. And then watching him just warm up it's still is like he can do that? Doesn't that hurt? Is just crazy. If you watch after some people have been shut down by him he gives them one hell of a look like yeah try that in my net again!

[@azaryayunger3584]

love these videos Steve! Keep em coming! P.S. I was at the game where matthews had that insane save

[@zdfrostbyte]

Elvis competing in Olympic high jump for Latvia this week

[@MrLT3685]

I can't jump as his as Elvis did without the help of a bungee cord. I mean that I can't jump that high in general. Forget the skates and goalie gear part of that clip.

[@rickseiden1]

A few observations: You totally missed the call on the Paddle Save Emporium! That fourth play in the Schmaltz streak NEEDS to be on Dang-Its so I can hear you say it. I know you want to say it. When Elvis jumped up to avoid being taken out, he came down in the superhero pose. One hand on the ground as both feet land and the hand in the air behind him. I'm surprised the ice didn't crack under his blocker!

[@bentleydriedger6080]

You missed Demko’s save against Wayne Simmonds. You also saw that save live on Television!!

[@MrCanadianhero]

yes its allowed to be a save of the year even if time expires, they probably didnt hear it as they were already set in motion.

[@Cjvoltage232]

Those Vasilevskiy saves why I’m lighting fan, absolute madman

[@ellaenman4049]

Remember when everyone said producer drew was fake. Lol it's been a while since I've seen anyone say that

[@LindsayN-98]

Always cheering on Swayman! Hello from Alaska!

[@Sufinsil]

Nearly every movie taking place in Alaska is filmed in BC. Baywatch: White Thunder at Glacier Bay, direct to video film, was in fact filmed in Alaska.

[@charlielindgrensmustache]

Saw Wilson’s goal live and nearly fell out of my seat lol. One of the best goals i’ve seen live at a Caps game

[@JarradBruessel32]

Looks almost like a goal ovi scored many years ago... and who had the main assist on this goal?....

[@dmv2ks]

@@JarradBruessel32 Oshie had a goal last season that looks like a shot for shot recreation of Ovi's The Goal

[@cameronfarrugia413]

i was at the columbus game where merzlinkins hoped up the crowd went crazy

[@randomentertainment4102]

at 0:39 that was the game winning goal for the other team that we were facing in the last game of my hockey tournament :(

[@CammieBuckeye]

Elvis with the superhero landing!

[@Dysfunxinal]

Bolts fan and thank you for giving Vasi what he definitely deserves. But this entire Hat Picks was solid (yes even Wilson).

[@ColonelGreen]

Montembeault's save was a psychological victory for the Canadiens over the Oilers, since even if it wouldn't have counted the teams would have gone into the intermission viewing the Oilers as having momentum if it had gone in after the horn.

[@spinorules11]

Can we get Merzlikens with the superhero landing line from Deadpool 🤣🤣

[@JarradBruessel32]

That tom wilson goal looks eerily familiar. Almost like a goal that the guy who had the main assist scored many years ago....

[@ThatCerberusGuy]

That Ovechkin hattrick stat was literally in the popup on screen in the clip. So I guess, congrats to Producer Drew for being able to read?

[@sparkyshore3543]

Draisaitl’s shot that Montembeault saved was a good half a second after the buzzer. You can see on one the the angles the green light goes on before Leon has even gathered the puck.

[@cheddarandsourcream]

Lol the reaction to that vasi save from the commentators on that replay says it all the dudes sound like they’re nutting they loved it so much

[@jordanlarson6488]

Major tend the goal vibes on that one goal the coyotes scored lol

[@alexanderscott6343]

Re: Save of the Year but not technically a save - Reminds me of a Pekka Rinne save more then a few years back against SJ. He absolutely yard saled across the net in a desparation attempt and he miraculously stopped the puck with his blocker/face after a flurry of saves. However, about 2 or so seconds before the big save he's remembered for, the ref loudly blew it dead so it never would have counted even if the puck went in. But it's still an amazing save on a lot of top save lists. So yeah, I think a save is a save no matter the context

[@azaryayunger3584]

Thatcher Demkos pad save on the leafs??

[@WhiteSekii]

MTL canadiens fan here, I don't think it should be in the conversation BUT, I do think it should be an honorable mention anywhere they show saves.

[@chrisbee9643]

17:00 I am a Leafs fan: I am a growing Elvis fan, too. :D

[@TheHat--Man]

Samuel montembeault, are you doing Patrick Roy saves?

[@cameroncardner2476]

Thanks for those Steve some were super human.

[@natekeller1569]

Steve giving Tom Wilson his shine is a BIG step for Mr Dangle

[@waynemalbeuf8097]

Absolutely Steve, im an Oilers fan and i was just wow at that save. SOTY candy for sure

[@sclemson8541]

as a goalie myself from anchorage AK, LETS GO SWAYYYYYYY

[@willihv24]

Producer Drew can read game-time graphics? That Ovechkin stat is on the screen right before Steve gives it.. lol

[@christophermerlot3366]

I see your Schmaltz is as big as mine but do you know how to use it?

[@briansamuels7156]

Comment should have been "A Superhero landing Deadpool would be proud of."

[@philtorrez4198]

Keller and Schmaltz are out there having fun and tearing it up now that Tocchet isn't coaching. Tocchet was too obsessed with defensive structures which stifled the offensive production of guys like Schmaltz and Keller.

[@samueldionne9675]

Whoever was editing this video deserves a hat pick.

[@Wheelwizardpuff]

9:09 i say yes, as long as the shot was off before time expired.

[@eddievigil6391]

you're killin' me Scmaltz!

[@saine414]

Laine 16 games 16 goals, that is pretty sick and in a team that is no where close to be a top team, makes it even more impressive.

[@Mike-eq7qr]

Hello , I think that Chris Kreider´s 3-1 goal from sunday game at the Jets should be in hatpicks

[@frankdeboer1347]

Don't have a fantasy team, but it does remind me of Sam Gagner's 8 in Chicago many years ago.

[@JoeyVilleneuve]

Elvis landing in that superhero pose.

[@gregdalenberg4982]

Yes, the save after the buzzer can be in the conversation for save of the year but it isn't better that Suban's behind the back.

[@natedawg3855]

Robertson's an awesome Hockey player, the kid is a future star player...

[@ajayaltman8114]

Kanes 6 point game better be on hat picks next week Steve.

[@mrblake5997]

That yotes vs sens game was something else but good for Schmaltz and the Yotes

[@olivierpeartnoy]

Penultimate actually means second last. Congrats Steve :)

[@Bound2Asgard]

You gotta show Swayman and Ulmark doing their Red Panda Hug at the end of a win!

[@TheRotundRider]

16:42 SUPER HERO LANDING!

[@Fafnir6803]

Of course. I have him and Keller

[@JCBluenote24]

It might be Hat Picks, but I'm going to throw a few Dang-Its at you... 1. Steve not acknowledging the Paddle Save Emporium on the Varlamov stop. 2. Not taking the low-hanging fruit of saying "Elvis has LEPT the building..." I'll go hang my head in shame now....

[@parkerlake3217]

what about crosbys 1 hand assist

[@adamstrobel5417]

Hat pick for next week: carter hart is a goaltender who TENDS THE GOAL. Loses stick on the PK and stays between the pipes to frustrate Vegas, makes 57 saves to steal the game. Show some love to Philly!

[@zekearmstrong3342]

14:39 huge missed slashing call that results in a goal, WOW that’s rough one imo😮🤣

[@jaredschuster3010]

As the saying goes, "if you are an alien from space, TEND THE GOAL!!!!"

[@jecrex8349]

Missed the Josh Anderson Hat-Trick against the Jets. 1st in his career.

[@chris_lamb95]

I would have included the Suzuki goal he got rejected and then did it again but better just after. Wild moment.

[@theseanie9958]

figured hagel's hat trick was just missed the last video, wasnt in this one either :( hopefully strome's from tonight makes it in the next one :/ not to mention kane's 6 points and 5 primary assists

[@2buxaslice]

Ullmark had a hatpick of a save this week too.

[@Pens724]

Matt Murray and the Sens making the Yotes look like a cup contender.

[@natecosentino6266]

I feel like there’s so many plays from the rangers that deserve to be in these videos

[@XaviRonaldo0]

On a side note as a Caps fan I'm so glad Holtz has found his form again. I mention this because of the announcer in the Robertson highlight mentioning him. I'm sorry but Rask should not make the HOF. How many cups did he win? 1 in which he played 0 seconds. OV's skating may not be what it used to but he can still dangle and he still has the strength that makes it impossible to bully him off the puck.

[@daltonking6956]

That thumbnail looks like a glitch in an NHL video games

[@joshuadufner]

Love you Steve

[@exodeus7959]

Back to back hats for Jason Robertson. They should call that a Sherlock or Deerstalker.

[@toxickitten6958]

speaking of that Minnesota/Dallas game...im just waiting for this weeks Dang-its so, we can see Kappo just...taking a nap on the ice cause you know...if you are a goaltender....lay down on the ice and watch the game!....*shakes head*